willingly

English

Etymology

From Middle English willyngly, wyllyngly (“intentionally, deliverately; freely, gladly”), from Old English willendlīċe (“diligently”), equivalent to willing +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪlɪŋli/
• Hyphenation: will‧ing‧ly

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Adverb

willingly (comparative more willingly, superlative most willingly)

1. Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
   • 1748, [David Hume], chapter 29, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation.

Synonyms

• gladly, happily

Translations

of one’s own free will

• Arabic: طَوْعًا m (ṭawʕan), طَوَاعِيَةً f (ṭawāʕiyatan)
• Asturian: d'alcuerdu
• Bulgarian: охо́тно (bg) (ohótno)
• Catalan: gustosament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樂意／乐意 (zh) (lèyì)

• Dutch: graag (nl), willens (nl)
• Esperanto: volonte (eo)
• Finnish: vapaaehtoisesti (fi)
• French: volontiers (fr)
• Galician: boamente
• German: gern (de), gerne (de)
• Hungarian: szívesen (hu)
• Italian: volentieri (it), con piacere, di buongrado, di buon grado
• Japanese: 進んで (ja) (すすんで, susunde)
• Korean: 기꺼이 (ko) (gikkeoi)
• Latin: libenter
• Ngazidja Comorian: ha hiari
• Norman: dé bouôn tchoeu
• Plautdietsch: wellens
• Portuguese: de boa vontade
• Russian: охо́тно (ru) (oxótno)
• Serbo-Croatian: својевољно (svȍjevōljno)
• Spanish: de buena gana
• Swedish: gärna (sv)
• Turkish: can atarak, isteyerek
• Venetian: bolincera (vec)
• Vietnamese: sẵn lòng (vi)
• Volapük: vilöfo (vo)